Oracle has acquired communications networking firm Tekelec in a move aimed at helping Oracle address the growing number of smart devices, mobile apps and connected services in network signaling and data traffic. Oracle will combine its Acme Pack... Read more

Michael Isman serves as a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, leading business with the General Services Administration and Office of Personnel Management, among other civilian agencies. Isman also serves as a senior leader in the company’s t... Read more

IBM has released a mobile app intended to help citizens in South Africa report water leaks and broken pipes both through the app and via text messaging. The WaterWatchers app is part of the company’s crowdsourcing project aimed at giving c... Read more

BAE Systems and DRS Technologies have each won contracts from the U.S. Army worth $30.9 million combined to design prototypes for a handheld electro-optical system, Military & Aerospace Electronics reports. The two companies will create betw... Read more

Lockheed Martin plans to use its U.K. operations as a hub for international exports, the Daily Express reports. Tracey Boles writes the company is pursuing contracts in Australia, Kuwait and Poland under its strategy. Boles also reports that Loc... Read more

IBM has rolled out a new social collaboration management tool for enterprises looking to connect with clients on social media platforms. Notes and Domino Social Edition 9 aims to provide enterprise organizations a single access point for email,... Read more

Cisco‘s Canada business supports the Canadian government’s move to adopt technology in facilitating remote meetings, similar to video conferencing systems. The government is aiming to reduce the amount of time public sector employees... Read more

ITT Exelis has won a $4.3 million contract to provide communications equipment, installation kits and spare parts to an undisclosed international customer. The direct commercial contract includes orders for the RT-1702 Single-Channel Ground and... Read more

A Capgemini Group business unit has won a $43.7 million contract to develop and manage core applications for Norway’s national postal service as part of the agency’s modernization drive. Capgemini Norge AS will modify its Rightshore global... Read more

CA Technologies Inc. will buy application deployment company Nolio ASAP for more than $40 million, according to a TechCrunch statement. Nolio adds to the 10 Israeli start up companies acquired by CA, the most recent being website-monitoring firm... Read more

Microsoft has signed a new three-year enterprise agreement with a government agency in Bahrain to provide its products and services to all government entities in the country, Gulf Daily News reports. This signing marks the second renewal of the... Read more

Al Verrecchia, independent lead director at Iron Mountain since June 2012 and chairman-elect since December 2012, officially became full-time chairman of the board on March 15. The move took effect nearly three years after he originally joined t... Read more

Paul Fernandes serves as president of STG Inc. His responsibilities include managing day-to-day operations, improving efficiencies and driving new business across the company. Prior to his current role, Fernandes served as STG’s senior vice pres... Read more

George Centeno, an Indus Corp. employee, has won the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s “2012 Contractor of the Year award” for his work on a technical support services contract with the agency. He worked more than 60 hours n... Read more

Nicky Sheridan, a 22-year Oracle veteran and a former vice president of middleware, has joined Software AG as senior vice president for its business in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. Sheridan joins Software AG as the company is increasing i... Read more

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